American father shoots his daughter's laptop in YouTube hit

An American father furious at his daughter for cursing her parents on Facebook
has become an internet hit after posting a video of himself shooting a
pistol into her laptop computer.

12:56PM GMT 18 Feb 2012

Almost 27 million people have viewed the footage on YouTube of Tommy Jordan firing his gun into the computer.

Mr Jordan, from Albemarle, North Carolina, aired his feelings in the video he posted last week. Sitting in a chair on an expansive stretch of grass, Mr Jordan is wearing jeans, a checked shirt and a wide-brimmed hat; a lit cigarette between his fingers.

Then he launches into his diatribe, quoting from his daughter's Facebook post, in which she told her parents "I'm not your damn slave," "I'm tired of picking up after you," and "You know how hard it is to keep up with the chores and schoolwork? It's freaking crazy."

Mr Jordan is clearly infuriated by his daughter's suggestion that she be paid for her chores and disturbed by her decision to go public with her criticism.